I ended my formal education in 9th grade. Doesn't mean I stopped learning though. One snowy day about 8 or 9 years after I quit school, I got up and drove the hour to a local junior college, took the first 3 tests and had an extra long lunch, came back and took the other two tests to get my GED. I passed four of them above 95%. No study, no prep of any kind. Then later on that same year one of the teachers at the local school talked me into taking the ACT. No study, no prep. I scored 2 points above the national average.